"Outlaws - fueled by cruelty they learned during the War Between the States - roam and prey upon anyone unfortunate enough to cross their trail. In the Dakota Territory of the 1870s, the line between outlaw and lawman is often blurred. Some sworn to protect the helpless might exploit them instead. And some of those deemed hard cases might redeem themselves. Backed to the Wall plunges both a lawman and an outlaw into a bloody battle that only one can survive - if the Indian raiders terrorizing homesteaders and cattlemen don't kill them first." -- back cover.